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The Book of the Sixes

99(4)Suffering

Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi @ IAPT

99(4)Suffering

"Truly,bhikkhus,(1)it is impossible that a bhikkhu who considers any conditioned phenomenon to be pleasurable will possess a conviction in conformity [with the teaching].(2)It is impossible that one who does not possess a conviction in conformity[with the teaching]will enter upon the fixed course of rightness.(3)It is impossible that one who does not enter upon thefixed course of rightness will realize the fruit of stream-entry, (4)the fruit of once-returning,(5)the fruit of non-returning,(6)or arahantship. "Bhikkhus,(1)itis possible that a bhikkhu who considers allconditioned phenomena to be suffering will possess a convic-tion in conformity [with the teaching].(2)It is possible that onewho possesses a conviction in conformity [with the teachinglwill enter upon the fixed course of rightness.(3)It is possiblethat one who ernters upon the fixed course of rightness willrealize the fruit of stream-entry,(4)the fruit of once-returning, (5)the fruit of non-returning,(6)-or arahantship."